Christine Tacon
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Christine Mary Tacon CBE (born 29 October 1959) is the United Kingdom's Groceries Code Adjudicator.
Early life
She was born in the Hartismere Rural District in Suffolk. She attended the all-female independent Wycombe Abbey in High Wycombe. She grew up in Norfolk. She read Production Engineering at Girton College, Cambridge.
Career
In 1982 she started at Coats Viyella, working at Dynacast in France and Germany.
Groceries Code Adjudicator
She oversees the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.[1] The GCA is funded by the ten biggest retailers in the UK.
Personal life
She was awarded the CBE in 2004. She speaks French and German. She is a Chartered Engineer. She lives in Sutton Lane Ends, Macclesfield. She married in October 1992 in Norwich. She had a daughter in November 1995 and a son in July 1998.
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Categories:
- 1959 births
- Alumni of Cranfield University
- Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- English businesspeople in retailing
- English women in business
- Fellows of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts
- Food retailers of the United Kingdom
- Ombudsmen in the United Kingdom
- Ombudswomen
- People educated at Wycombe Abbey
- People from Macclesfield
- Living people